Dress-marker



L. A. WHEELER.

- DRESS MARKER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.9, IsIa.

1,338,602. Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

l0 E /o 0L7 /5 LAURA .AMY WHEELER, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

DRESS-MARKER.

Application filed November 9, 1918.

nepin and State of lvlinnesota, have invented new and usefulimprovements in Dress-lilaikers, of which the following is aspecification.,

rlhe invention relates to dress-marking devices and has for an object toprovide a simple device for use in the marking of dresses and moreparticularly skirts, in the course of the making thereof, oi' when thelength of a skirt is to be altered.

Among other features the invention comprehends a simple device,consisting of few parts that cannot readily get out of order, and withwhich the length of a skirt can be determined by the wearer, whether theskirt be in the course of the making or is to be altered as to itslength, and it is to be pai'- ticularly noted that the device can beoperated by the person wearing the skirt, the

user ofthe device needing no outside assistance to operate the device.

l am aware that various forms of skirtmarking devices have been usedheretofore, involving scales and tapes for measuring purposes, but inmost of these instances it is found necessary to employ the services ofsome other person to determine the length of the skirt, and just atwhatportions thereof the same is to be hemmed; whereas, with the use ofmy device all of these things can be accomplished by the person wearingthe skirt, and thus the desired length of the skirt can be accuratelydetermined by the person, while the skirt is on the figure thereof.

ln the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawing, constituting a part of this specilicati on, inwhich similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in allthe views, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the deviceshowing the same in use.l

Fig, 2 is a front elevation of the device, and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken through the device.

Referring more particularly to the views,

the numeral 10 indicates a stand, consisting Speccation of LettersPatent.

Patented Api'. 27, 1920.

Serial No. 261,905.

of a base 'l1 and an upright 12, the upright being provided with aseries of numbers in the nature of a scale 13, denoting inches or partsof an inch, as the case may be, with a longitudinal or vertical slot 14:formed in the upright, the slot being closed at its upper and lowerends. T he skirt marker is indicated by the numeral 15 and consists ofan integral piece of wire bent to form a sti-aight side 16, and havingthe ends thereof bent to converge and meet to form a shank 17', saidends being suitably secured together and passing through the slot in theupright, with a thumb screw 18 threaded on to the extremities of theends, after having been passed through the slot, said thumb screw beingadapted when screwed up to frictionally bear against the upright andhold the marker in a stationary position thereon. It will be noted thatthe marker extends horizontally, and it will be clearly seen that bymeans of the thumb screw, the marker can be adjusted vertically on theupright.

ln the use of the device described the person wearing the skirt,indicated by the numeral 19, takes a quantity of crayon or chalk of acolor distinctive of the color of the skirt, and marks the straight edgeof the marker with the chalk or crayon, after which the person wearingthe skirt 19 raises or lowers the marker upon the upright to what theperson considers the desired distance, and then standing adjacent to theskirt-marking device with the skirt hanging so that it will bear againstthe straight chalked edge of the marker, turns slowly around, thuscausing the crayon 0r chalk on the straight edge to describe a delicateline or mark upon the material of the skirt, so that when the person hasturned completely around, the mark made by the crayon or chalk upon theskirt, will clearly show how much of the skirt is to be taken up in ahem, or let down, as the case may be. It will of course be apparent thatwith the use of a mirror, the operation of the device can be greatlyfacilitated, and that by placing the device upon a table or chair,childrens dresses can also be readily marked with the skirt markerdescribed.

As mentioned heretofore, the device is simple, consists of few partsthat cannot readily get out of order, can be cheaply manufactured, andwith the use of the same the person Wearing the skirt or other articleof clothing can readily determine the degree of length thereof.

I Claim: Y

In a skirt marker the combination With a stand including a base and alongitudinal slotted upright having a scale adjacent the slot, and amarking` element on said upright,

10 said marking element consisting` of a single piece of wire-likematerial bent to form a straight portion and having its ends formed toprovide a shank passing through the slot in the upright and a nutthreaded on the shank to engage against the upright for holding), themarking element against movement on the upright. 4

In testimon;7 whereof I aHiX my signature.

LAURA AMY WHEELER.

